HisRoyalSweetness wrote: ↑Sat Dec 18, 2021 12:47 pm
dplank wrote: ↑Sat Dec 18, 2021 9:55 am
It’s also the super star rules (Favre Erin getting Jordan treatment)
Yes, this is definitely a factor and it's not one that just applies to Green Bay. Tom Brady and the infamous 'tuck rule' springs to mind and didn't the league move the position of one of the officials to accommodate Peyton Manning? That's just obvious kowtowing to the star QBs, but there are also many calls made or not made in their favour almost every week.
Roughing the passer calls stand out for one. You can barely breathe on a star QB without getting flagged. Perfectly legitimate hits are penalised because of the 'we must protect our star QBs so they don't get hurt' mantra. It has a wider effect on defenders too. During the Thursday night game Mahomes moved to impede one of the Chargers defenders on a reverse or end around (can't remember which) and instead of just taking the opportunity of running through and levelling him the defender slowed up and barely touched him. You sometimes see it on QB runs too, where they're near the first down and the defender is uncertain whether they're going to go for it or slide. If a star QB takes a big hit in any situation then you can guarantee a flag will fly immediately because the officials assume it must have been illegal regardless of whether it was.
There is absolutely an element of the star QB call (no where near NBA level - no one near "ITS FIXED! BUT REGULAR SEASON ONLY- BECAUSE REASONS!")
I think there is also an element of the more athletic the QB is - when out of the pocket - the more the Refs hesitate to throw the flag. Cam Newton was a beast who could really run - and in his Prime (when on National Commercials and making Pro Bowls) He IMHO got some of the LEAST Benefit of the doubt on those types of calls.
The new guy for that seems to be Lamar Jackson - absolutely a monster threat running the ball. AND I dont think he gets anywhere nears the calls he should
BUT just because people call people Racist here if you note things like that. It's not Race.
Josh Allen gets less calls than he should versus a guy like Teddy Two-Gloves
Could it simply be as easy as there is a bias in Officials towards Defenders when the QB is a bigger threat running the ball?
Or is it 30 Years of Rigging games for the Packers! v. you know the Packers had two HOF QBs and that might be the single most important position not just in Football but in All of Sports right?
